Midland Counties Championships

The Midland Counties Championships ^[1] was a grass court tennis tournament held at Edgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club, Edgbaston, Great Britain from 1881 to 1965.

History[]

The tournament was established in 1881 at the Edgbaston Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club, Edgbaston near Birmingham, England and ran for seventy three editions until 1965. The event featured both men's and women's singles, doubles and mixed doubles competitions ^[2] and was classified as an open tournament. ^[3]

Champions[]

Notes: Challenge Round: The Final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) ^[4] in some tournaments not all.

Men's Singles[]

Included: ^[5][6]

Year	Champion	Runner Up	Score
1881	Walter Chamberlain	F S Goodwin	6-3 6-1 6-4
1882	G R Brewerton	John Redfern Deykin	6-8 6-4 6-0 6-2
1883	Charles Walder Grinstead	Edward Lake Williams	6-3 6-3
1884	Walter Chamberlain	John Redfern Deykin	6-3 2-6 10-8 6-1
1885	Conway J Morgan	W W Chamberlain	6-4 2-6 2-6 6-2 9-7
1886	Frank Noon	Conway J Morgan	6-4 6-2 6-4
1887	John Redfern Deykin	Frank Noon	6-4 6-4 6-2
1888	Harry Stanley Scrivener	John Redfern Deykin	6-2 6-0 9-7
1889	John Redfern Deykin	Harold Weston Carlton	2-6 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-4
1890	John Redfern Deykin	Henry Guy Nadin	0-6 6-2 6-4 6-3
1891	R A Bennett	John Redfern Deykin	6-3 6-3 4-6 9-7
1892	Henry Guy Nadin	G F Goodman	6-2 6-2 6-2
1893	George Hillyard	Henry Guy Nadin	6-3 6-1 6-3
1894	George Hillyard	R A Bennett	6-4 6-2 6-1
1895	George Hillyard	Sydney Howard Smith	6-4 8-6 4-6 6-1
1896	Sydney Howard Smith	Charles Henry Ridding	6-3 8-6
1897	Sydney Howard Smith	George Hillyard	6-2 6-3 8-6
1898	Sydney Howard Smith	George Hillyard	4-6 9-7 6-4 1-6 6-2
1899	Wilberforce Eaves	Ernest D Black	8-6 6-2
1900	Sydney Howard Smith	George Hillyard	6-2 6-3 7-5
1901	Sydney Howard Smith	Wilberforce Eaves	6-3 6-1
1902	Sydney Howard Smith	Frank Riseley	6-4 6-3 6-4
1903	Sydney Howard Smith	Josiah Ritchie	5-7 7-5 7-5 6-2
1904	Sydney Howard Smith	Wilberforce Eaves	6-4 6-3 6-2
1905	Sydney Howard Smith	Norman Brookes	15-13 6-4 4-6 6-4
1906	John Mycroft Boucher	Wilberforce Eaves	6-4 3-6 6-4 6-3
1907	John Mycroft Boucher	James Cecil Parke	6-2 8-10 6-3 9-7
1908	John Mycroft Boucher	James Cecil Parke	6-2 6-3 6-2
1909	Stanley Doust	James Cecil Parke	6-2 6-0
1910	James Cecil Parke	Stanley Doust	9-7 6-3 6-2
1911	Arthur Lowe	James Cecil Parke	2-6 6-3 6-2 [6]
1912	Stanley Doust	Charles L Wilmslow	6-4 6-0 6-1
1913	Stanley Doust	Erik Larsen	6-1 6-3
1914	Alfred Beamish	William L Clements	6-1 9-7 2-6 6-0
1919	Stanley Doust	Pat O'Hara Wood	6-4 6-4
1920	Bill Tilden	Chales L Wilmslow	6-4 6-2 3-6 6-4
1921	Brian Norton	Frank Lorymer Riseley	8-6 6-0 6-0
1922	Gordon Francis Lowe	N M Greeg	6-2 6-2 6-2
1923	Hassan Ali Fyzee	Donald McN Greig	6-2 6-4
1924	Jack M Hillyard	Gordon Crole-Rees	6-4 7-5 6-4
1925	John Brian Gilbert	Hector Fisher	4-6 7-5 6-3 5-7 6-3
1926	Hector Fisher	Jack M Hillyard	6-1 9-7 5-7 6-1
1927	Bunny Austin	Keats Lester	6-1 6-3
1928	Mohammed Sleem	Keats Lester	4-6 6-1 6-0 6-0
1929	William Henry Powell	Jack Lysaght	6-1 6-2
1930	Keats Lester	Ryuki Miki	6-3 6-3
1931	Jiro Satoh	Herman David	7-5 6-4
1932	John Olliff	Antoine Gentien	1-6 6-4 2-0 retired.
1933	Ryuki Miki	Keats Lester	6-4 6-2
1934	Keats Lester	Antoine Gentien	4-6 6-3 6-3
1935	Vivian McGrath	Walter Musgrove	8-6 6-2
1936	Cam Malfroy	Alan Steadman	WEA
1937	Kho Sin-Kie	Herman David	6-4 6-3
1938	Franjo Puncec	Kho Sin-Kie	6-3 2-6 7-5
1939	Donald Butler	Herman David	3-3 unfinished
1946	Kho Sin-Kie	Enrique Morea	6-2 1-6 6-3
1947	Constantin Tanacescu	Jack Crawford	6-1 8-6 3-6 1-6 6-3
1948	Felicisimo Ampon	Raymundo Deyro	6-2 6-3
1949	Tony Mottram	Ricardo Balbiers	6-3 9-7
1950	Jaroslav Drobny	Koon-Hong Ip	6-2 6-2
1951	Don Candy	Naresh Kumar	6-4 6-2
1952	Owen Gordon Williams	Trevor Fancutt	6-4 6-2
1953	William Russell Seymour	Tony Mottram	8-6 7-5
1954	Jaroslav Drobny	Roger Becker	6-0 6-3
1955	Jaroslav Drobny	Arthur Larsen	7-5 4-6 6-4
1956	Trevor Fancutt	Mike Davies	7-5 6-3 6-4
1957	Budge Patty	Luis Ayala	7-5 3-6 6-1
1959	K F Buswell	Robert M Powell	7-5 8-6
1960	Bobby Wilson	Ivo Ribeiro	6-0 6-2
1962	Roger Becker	Ian Crookenden	6-3 3-6 6-3
1963	Roy Emerson	Rafael Osuna	4-6 6-3 7-5
1964	Fred Stolle	Billy Knight	3-6 6-3 6-2
1965	Billy Knight	Bobby Wilson	7-5 6-3

References[]

Sources[]

• "Abolition of Challenge Rounds". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. EVENING POST, VOLUME CIII, ISSUE 65, 20 MARCH 1922.
• Cole, Matt. (2012) "At The Heart of the Game: The History of Edgbaston Priory Club" (PDF). edgbastonpriory.com. Edgbaston Priory Club.
• Myers, A. Wallis (1903). "Edgabston". Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. New York, USA: Scribner's sons.
• Nieuwland, Alex (2017). "Tournament – Midland Counties Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Friesland, Netherlands: Tennis Archives.

Further reading[]

• Ayre's Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, 1908 to 1938, A. Wallis Myers.
• British Lawn Tennis and Squash Magazine, 1948 to 1967, British Lawn Tennis Ltd, UK.
• Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, G.P. Hughes, 1939 to 1958, Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd, UK
• Lawn tennis and Badminton Magazine, 1906 to 1973, UK.
• Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annuals and Compendia, Lowe, Sir F. Gordon, Eyre & Spottiswoode
• Spalding's Lawn Tennis Annuals from 1885 to 1922, American Sports Pub. Co, USA.
• The World of Tennis Annuals , Barrett John, 1970 to 2001.

External links[]

• http://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/midland counties championships